Web Development
Honest, AI-audited reviews of web development courses — JavaScript, React, Node, full-stack. Built from real opinions on Hacker News, dev blogs and GitHub.
- Web DevelopmentFrontend Masters
Complete Intro to React v9
4.5/ 5 · 42 opinionsBrian Holt's Complete Intro to React v9 is the most consistently recommended paid React intro we found on Hacker News, with praise spanning nine years and multiple course versions. v9 modernises the stack — Vite, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, React 19 features — without losing what made earlier versions effective: Holt's clarity, his focus on real tooling, and a single cohesive project that ties the curriculum together. The main caveat is the Frontend Masters subscription model, which only makes sense if you commit to using the wider catalog.
- Web DevelopmentfreeCodeCamp.org
freeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design
4.3/ 5 · 52 opinionsfreeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design remains the highest-leverage free starting point for self-taught web developers in 2026. The HTML/CSS modules and the five required projects are genuinely portfolio-grade, and the community on the forum and Discord is unusually patient with absolute beginners. The catch is that some JavaScript and legacy modules lag behind current best practices, and the sandbox-only approach delays the inevitable learning curve of a local dev environment.